Sart-lez-Spa


Sart-lez-Spa is a section of the Belgian municipality of Jalhay located in Wallonia in the Liège province. Nearby is the river Hoëgne, a tributary of the river Vesder.
It was a full-fledged commune before the fusion of the Belgian municipalities in 1977.

Heritage

The procession of Laetare celebrates the carnival in collaboration with the neighbouring village of. Since 1660, the flowering chariots of the two towns have been competing with each other and competing in beauty. The "White Dominoes" from Sart and "Black Dominoes" from Tiège animate the streets of the two villages and take the girls out of their house to dance.
Since 1976, Sart has been organising the Old Trades Festival. It takes place, in principle, every four years. The 11th edition took place in August 2013. Some 200 artisans and 500 actors animated the village.
The Belgian composer and organist Joseph Jongen wrote his Mass, Op. 130 in Sart-lez-Spa where he died on 12 July 1953.